ATA Beginning Teachers

Oxford Owl EBooks for Ages 6 - 7 - Choose from one of these EBooks and read along. Each book provides audio, zoom features and activities. 

http://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/Library/Index/?AgeGroup=5&Book=eBooks

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Zooming In...Alberta's Regions - From Learn Alberta, click on various regions of the map and hotspots to learn all about the flora and fauna of the physical regions of Alberta. 

http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/sszi/en/index.html

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Picture Book Maker - Create your own picture book. Drag and drop the items onto the cover, the pages and the back. Once you do, slide the size and the action bar to change your picture. Add your own story to the pages. Once you are done, it can be printed or sent to an email address. 

http://www.artisancam.org.uk/flashapps/picturebookmaker/picturebookmaker.php

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Math Doodles: Double Traits - "Click on 2 figures to trade their locations. Figures must have 2 traits to link". [site] Create a network of linked figures to score points. 

http://www.carstensstudios.com/mathdoodles/dbltrait.html

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The Flash Mind Reader Game - Can you figure out how this flash mind reader works? Try to see the math. If you are stumped, try reading the help file. 

http://www.flashlightcreative.net/swf/mindreader/

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Decanting Puzzle - You have two jugs, one with a 5 litre capacity and one with 3 litre capacity. The jugs don't have any markings. You have unlimited water. How can you get one of the jugs filled with 4 litres of water? If that is too easy, try other problems from levels 2 - 6. 

http://www.subtangent.com/maths/flash/jugs.swf

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Wumpa's World - Explore Wumpa's world and the many activities, including stories and legends. Learn about Inuit tradition and practices. 

http://www.wumpasworld.com/flash.html?langue=e

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National Gallery of Art: Sea-Saws - "Select photographs of natural and man-made objects, then assemble the pieces to create a seascape or an abstract composition. The BUILD tool helps you construct animated characters. ADD them to your scene as still objects, movers, rockers, or rollers. Hit the green PLAY button to set the scene in m... 

http://www.nga.gov/kids/zone/seasaws.htm

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Anansi the Spider Storyboarder - Tell the story of Anasi the spider using this storyboarder. Use the scrolling window at the top of the screen to choose scenes and to place objects and speech bubbles onto the lower frame. The tools on the frame will delete an object or flip it. The T tool will allow you to edit a speech bubble. To... 

http://www.iboard.co.uk/iwb/Anansi-and-Tiger-Storyboarder-150

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Stop-Motion Animation - "Make your own movie by moving objects around the screen and taking pictures. Use cars, airplanes, dinosaurs, ships and much more." [site] 

http://www.toytheater.com/stop-motion-animation.php

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The BlobZ Guide to Electric Circuits - Try out this great site to learn about circuits and test yourself. Up to 5 students can use this site at the same time - it has lots of activities and animations. 

http://www.andythelwell.com/blobz/guide.html

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Hoot: Build an Online Habitat - Click on the icons to select an animal, then choose a suitable biome, vegetation and weather. 

http://switchzoo.com/games/habitat.swf

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Make Beliefs Comix - Create your own comic strips. Select from 10 fun characters with different moods and write words for blank talk/thought balloons to make the characters talk and think. There also are story ideas and prompts to help you create graphic stories. Teachers note suggestions for special needs. 

http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/comix.php

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Create a Graph - This site enables you to input information into 4 different templates for creating graphs, an area graph, a bar graph, a line graph, and a pie chart. Easy for kids! 

http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/graphing/

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Sim Sweatshop - How many shoes can you make in a day under difficult conditions? Play the Sim Sweatshop game to learn more about what it is like to work in a sweatshop. 

http://www.simsweatshop.com/game/

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Letters From The Trunk - Letters From the Trunk is a completely interactive web site that takes you through a virtual train station located in Western Canada. The station contains historical letters, maps, posters and images that are brought to life in a multimedia rich environment. 

http://www.ataoc.ca/archives/main.swf

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Edheads - Simple Machines - Click on the house to identify all the simple machines that we use in our everyday lives. 

http://edheads.org/activities/simple-machines/frame_loader.htm

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Looking At Food Groups - Find out what types of food fit into each food group and what each type of food does for our bodies. Play the food group game when you are finished. 

http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/healthy_eating/eng/Introduction/MainSessionPart1.htm

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Exploring Perspective - This is an activity that will help you understand perspective. How do artists use perspective to give the illusion of space and distance? 

http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks1/art/perspective/index.htm

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Into the Book - This website has some very fun interactive reading comprehension activities - you can choose different activities like inferring, summarizing and making connections. You will need to do a quick first-name registration to get a key or log-in.  

http://reading.ecb.org/student/index.html

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Animalia - The Animalia website is based on the popular book written and illustrated by Graeme Base. The website has beautiful illustrations and activities for students. On the Animalia website, you are introduced to the characters of Animalia, the goal of the Animalia site, and games and activities. Don't miss... 

http://www.animalia.tv/

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The NASA Space Suit - "Explore the "personal spacecraft" of astronauts, from the silver suit of the Mercury 7 to the "pumpkin suit" of shuttle astronauts." [site] 

http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/nasa_spacesuit/

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Flight Simulator - This flight simulation reacts to your choices for the, elevator, ailerons, throttle and rudder. Click on the Help button to get the explanation for each control. Now, can you fly this plane? 

http://johnbenzies.com/flightsim/

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Ayiti: The Cost of Life - "What is it like to live in poverty, struggling every day to stay healthy, keep out of debt, and get educated?" [site] Play this game and try to help a family of five in Haiti survive. 

http://ayiti.globalkids.org/game/

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Wonderville: Buoyancy and Boats - While you are in Wonderville, why don't you play this buoyancy game? Select some items from the forest and compare them to see which ones are floaters and which are sinkers. 

http://www.wonderville.ca/asset/buoyancy-and-boats

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